Cozy @ Home Crocheting

I have started a doll forum on delphi.  I have been to many doll forums, but have the same problems:

1. they are not the easy to use forums as the ones here

2. they are doll specific, which means you have to go to 20 different ones to talk about YOUR dolls

All dolls are welcome, whether they are vintage or the new doll you just brought home from Kmart!

This is a test forum, to see if there is interest in it - you decide!

http://forums.delphiforums.com/dolldays/start 

I used Aunt Lydia 'Frosty Green' and Cebelia 745 Lt Pale Yellow with a #7USA hook

Pattern appeared in the issue:

1997 Hooked On Crochet Magazine, No. 64, Page 28, 29, 44.

Is now free online at:

http://www.freepatterns.com/search.html?parent_cat_id=&usage=&criteria=ruffled+tulip+doily 

NOTES:

RND 7 has you make ch3 and 7dc into the first ch spc, which will = 8dc, but the repeat only says 7dc, and it should say 8dc.  Tulips are rnds 7-11, incase you are changing colors.

This is a pattern for a Bleuette doll, but mine came out larger because of my yarn/hook choices and fits my pullip doll.  I did not use the popcorn type edging on this pattern, because I don’t think it suits my Pullip.    The pattern is here, click on translation link when you get there:

This is a free pattern called "Hearts Doily" by Cylinda Mathews, found here:

http://www.crochetmemories.com/archive/february5.html

My notes on the pattern are here:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/crochetplus/messages/?msg=2582.1

I used Aunt Lydia's Shaded Pinks & French Rose #10 thread, and 7 hook.

This simple scarf pattern is found here:

http://www.eachoneteachtwo.com/crochet_pattern.html

Here's my scarf and another scary AM late night (eyes like hallows of madness, hair like moldy hay) pic in the bathroom mirror!
The pattern calls for worsted weight yarn and an H hook, but since I used TLC baby yarn, which is a fingering wt, I used a G hook and also did 40ch stitches, instead of the 22, to start. With this weight yarn, I did 26 repeats of the rows, then finished with a 5row sc solid section.

MY PATTERN NOTES:

It is correct that there is no chain 1 at the end of row 5, as you will be including it in the ch 4 at the start of rnd 6.

Row 6 says:

*skip the next single crochet, double crochet in the next single crochet...

- but in fact, it is 2 sc you skip, because the first sc on a turned row is right there next to the chain you made to come up to the next row.  So you skip that and the next one, which is skip 2, then.

When going up the sides with the edging, it says to crochet a sc into the end of each of the 5 rows, then when you get to the space, to ch3 and got to the next 5 rows.   I wanted it to look more solid, so experimented with a ch3, a ch2 and finally chose a 2 hdc in the space to look more like the stitching on the 5 row ends.

When I got to the end of the long side and it was time to turn the corner to the fringe edge, I found that putting 2 sc in the last side st made it around the corner more smoothly.  

With the fringe, I found that if you put a sc in the first st, then ch30, then put the next sc in the next st, a gap appeared between the fringe loop, so on the first and last fringe loop, I fastened them with another sc into the SAME ch as they start in.  All the other fringe loops did fine with going to the next ch to sc into.  Hope this makes sense.

I started this earlier this month but forgot about it for awhile, and so just finished it.   It was an easy pattern, and there are those on www.ravelry.com who are doing it in double knitting.   I will have to try that sometime, it looks great like that!   Anyway, I used Peaches & Creme in Camel color, and #7 USA needles.   This is the link to the free pattern:

Dec 2,2008:   I made a little red hat to go with the Bleuette red thread dress I've been working on.   The link for the dress is below, but I haven't finished the sleeves and neck of it, not sure I will, I like it like this, so you never know if I will or not!   It's Bleuette pattern #73 here, and I made it for my Bruette, Chantel, who is wearing it, along with a quick crochet hat - it's not fastened in the back, so it's not fitting correctly in the pic:

http://www.threadsnstitches.com/id14.html

DEC 25, 2008:  Now I have a bleuette #251 and I decided to make housecoats for them and made a cute Christmas display with them decorating the tree, and then getting ready for santa.   I was very pleased at how they came out with just a few whacks on a felt square and adding some trim.
Girls have decorated the tree, but find 2 more ornaments and come running with them:

It's hard to find a place to hand any more ornaments though!

Nancy Clair in the red housecoat, can't figure out what to do with her stocking, but Chantel tells her, "I just laid my own the table so Santa would find it while eating our cookies!"

I have another Bleuette coming, so guess I'll need another housecoat!

This was one of those patterns I've wanted to make since I started back at crochet 2 years ago, and was afraid of.   I realized it had been a long time since then, and I had more experience now, so it wouldn't be so hard to me now.   It was actually very easy!   I used a USA #7 hook and Aunt Lydia's #10 thread in OCEAN.   I started it on Oct 10th and finished it on the 21, not because it was difficult, but because I just took my time and did it for relaxation.   Pattern here:

Aunt Lydia Thread in Ecru & Peach, hook size 7.  This is a doily that was designed by the grandmother of a gal on my forum, (Betti), and we have had some mystery fun with it the last few days.  The last 2 rnds were at the bottom of the paper, where room was running out, and the challenge was to try to figure out what her scant notes to herself could mean.  It was great fun to try to read her mind and try to connect with a fellow crocheter from years gone by.  So, what I had to figure for my version was the part you see in ecru and the row right before it, that the ecru is built on.  Actually, if one could not figure it, stopping on the last rnd that was clear enough, 19, still gave a really pretty doily!

Like so many others, I lost power in my all electric home on Sunday afternoon.   We got phones back on Thursday, and electric back around 1pm on Saturday.    During the day I worked on my Ripe Wheat doily outside.    When I returned to crochet 2 years ago, I wanted to make this so bad, but was scared off by all the DTRs and DTR clusters.   It feels so good to have it done and know that I was actually able to do it!     It was a great project to have to work on, too, during this time when so many other things weren't working.   I finished it on Thursday, at 4pm, which was just in time to not lose the light and have to wait till Friday.   My crochet + forum did this as a cal, and there are notes/errata on it here: 20.1    or if that doesn't work,here's the complete link:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/crochetplus/messages?msg=20.1

VINTAGE DOILY PATTERN RIPE WHEAT, HERE:

http://web.archive.org/web/20071226034017/www.angelfire.com/folk/celtwich/Ripe.html

Then came the nights.   Nothing to do much, so I decided to knit a dishcloth by candle light, something easy that I would not need to check back and forth with a pattern - Grandmother's Favorite Dishcloth.   I like these colors because they reflect the exactness of nature, which I've been reminded of this week.   The first night of the week long black-out, I noticed light coming thru the drawn drapes.  On opening them, I found a full moon, which kept me company for the first 3 nights.   Even as it wanned, the skies stayed clear of clouds and when the moon came up, it shown it's light.   Dark purple skies for night, sunshine days - no messing with the formula with manmade light.   Reminds me of a line from a fav song:    Behind every dark cloud, there's a silver lininng, after every bad storm, there's a bright new day....  

Oh, on finishing this one, I decided to try a more challenging cloth, and started a different one with lots of pattern changes.   I only got about 20 rows done, and will have to squeeze in finishing between clean-up detail.